Stellar Astrophysics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Compact Stars & High-Energy Astrophysics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Some Questions of Gamma-Ray Bursts

      • T. Lu

      Pages 3-10

   3. Timescale Spectra in High Energy Astrophysics

      • T. P. Li

      Pages 11-18

   4. Gamma-Ray Pulsars in Gould Belt and Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources in Medium Latitudes

      • K. S. Cheng, P. Leung, L. Zhang

      Pages 19-26

   5. Magnetars and Pulsars: A Missing Link

      • Bing Zhang

      Pages 27-34

   6. Emission Processes of High-Energy Gamma Rays from Gamma-Ray Bursts

      • X. Y. Wang, Z. G. Dai, T. Lu

      Pages 35-40

   7. Beaming Effects in Gamma-Ray Bursts

      • Y. F. Huang, T. Lu, Z. G. Dai, K. S. Cheng

      Pages 41-48

   8. GRB Opening Angle & Space Density Distribution Determined from the GRB Intensity Distribution

      • J. R. Lin, S. N. Zhang, T. P. Li

      Pages 49-54

   9. Distance Determination of Variable Galactic Sources

      • J. Hu, S. N. Zhang, T. P. Li

      Pages 55-60

   10. Phase Transition in Rotating Hybrid Stars

       • Y. F. Yuan, K. S. Cheng, J. L. Zhang

       Pages 61-66

   11. Accretion Disk Oscillations and QPOs in X-Ray Binaries

       • Xue-Bing Wu

       Pages 67-72

   12. Bare Strange Quark Stars: Formation and Emission

       • Renxin Xu

       Pages 73-82

   13. Properties of Cloudy Bag Strange Stars

       • C. Y. Ng, K. S. Cheng, M. C. Chu

       Pages 83-90

3. Binary Star Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-92

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   2. Very Cool Close Binary Systems

      • J. Scott Shaw

      Pages 93-98

   3. The Chemical Evolution of the Solar Neighbourhood

      • Dany Vanbeveren, Erwin De Donder

      Pages 99-110

   4. Wide Binaries in the Orion Nebula Cluster

      • Arcadio Poveda, Alejandro Hernández-Alcántara

      Pages 111-116

   5. Case B Binary Evolution Compared to Observed Algols

      • Walter van Rensbergen

      Pages 117-126

   6. Statistics of Times of Minimum Light of 1140 Eclipsing Binary Stars

      • C.-H. Kim, J. M. Kreiner, I.-S. Nha

      Pages 127-130

The Pacific Rim Conferences for the first decade from the mid 1980's to the mid 1990's were primary concerned with binary stars research. The Conference expanded to all areas of Stellar Astrophysics for the last two meetings in Hong Kong; at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1997 and at the Hong Kong University in 1999. At the conclusion of the very successful Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics held in Hong Kong University, members of the Sci­ entific Organizing Committee began planning for the next conference. We approached Professor Tan Lu of Nanjing University and Professor Tipei Li of the Institute of High Energy Physics about hosting a con­ ference in China. The city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province and a city in Yunnan province, were considered to be the most likely locations. It be­ came crucial to find the right person to serve as Chair (or Co-chairs) for the Local Organizing Committee. Initially, Professor Lu was the logical choice but he declined for personal reasons. Professor Li was invited to lead a new department of Astrophysics at Tsinghua University so he could not take on the additional load of chairing the LOC. Professor Gang Zhao of Beijing Astronomical Observatory was approached to take on the task but he also declined. This has been a busy time for Chinese astronomers. The SOC decided to have the conference dedicated to honor Dr. Helmut A.

• astronomy
• astrophysics
• star
• stars
• stellar

• Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, China

  K. S. Cheng

• Department of Physics, University of Nebraska, USA

  K. C. Leung

• Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, China

  T. P. Li

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